Following a request from the Holy See, Archbishop Farrell has this year again asked that we take up a collection on Good Friday for the Holy Land, Pro Terra Sancta. This collection takes place in dioceses throughout the world. We are invited to pray and to collect funds for the Catholic community in the Holy Land and for the maintenance of the Holy Places there. The Archbishop asks each parish to decide how it can best facilitate this collection on Good Friday – perhaps at the church door after the ceremonies. Cheques for the amount collected in your parish should be made out to the Diocese of Dublin Charities account and sent to the Finance Secretariat, which will transfer the proceeds of the collection to the Nuncio. See below a letter from Fr Francesco Ielpo OFM, Custos of the Holy Land

UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINCY

Fr Vasyl Kornitsky is Chaplain to the Ukrainian community and curate in Donnycarney Parish. He can be contacted at 086 2359561 or ugccie@gmail.com. Ukrainian Mass (Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Byzantine rite) is held every Sunday at 1pm in Our Lady of Consolation Church, Donnycarney.

FRENCH LANGUAGE MASS

Mass for the French-speaking Catholic community in Dublin resumed on Sunday, September 14, at 12.30pm in St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road and continues on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 12.30pm from September to June.

ITALIAN COMMUNITY

Italian Catholic Community Dublin. Masses in Aughrim Street Church every Saturday at 5.30pm (fourth Sunday of the month followed by community gathering). Other activities: Biblical Catechesis (online); Pre-marriage Catechesis: Rosary (online); Book Club (online). Facebook: https://facebook.com/italiani.cattolici.a.dublino/. Contact: Fr Coriolan Muresan. cattolici.dublin@gmail.com / coryolan26@yahoo.it / 012447995.

ASSMUMPTION PARISH early Lenten Mass at 7am

Beginning Ash Wednesday, February 18, in Assumption Church, Ballyfermot (D10 NC84), we will have an early morning Mass at 7am, Monday to Friday for the duration of Lent, up until the Wednesday of Holy Week on April 1.

CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAMILY, AUGHRIM STREET

ST PEREGRINE’S PARTNERSHIP OF PARISHES – MY LENTEN PAUSE

This Lent, Clergy & Teams from the St Peregrine’s Partnership of Parishes (Hartstown, Huntstown/Littlepace, and Mountview/Blakestown) invite you to pause – not with more pressure, but with more peace. My Lenten Pause is a free, downloadable retreat designed to fit your daily rhythm. Whether you have five minutes or fifty, it offers Sunday Gospel reflections; Simple prayer prompts & practices; and Journaling ideas and weekly kindness tasks Each Monday at noon, watch a 10-minute video on our Facebook page or website to settle into stillness and reflect on the week ahead. It’s for everyone – parishioners, seekers, or anyone needing a moment of calm. No cost. No registration.

CITY QUAY – LENT

ECUMENICAL WAY OF THE CROSS

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK – 25-Apr-26

Songs of Faith

SONGS OF FAITH – St Enda’s Partnership of Parishes – Join us for an evening of ‘Songs of Faith’ honouring our Celtic heritage as we celebrate the feast of St Enda. Featuring parish choirs from Rathfarnham, Churchtown, Ballyroan, Marley Grange, Ballyboden and Knocklyon parishes. Song of St Enda, composed by Siobhan Dempsey (Churchtown), will also premiere on the night. Tomorrow, Friday, March 20, 7.30pm Church of the Holy Spirit, Ballyroan. All welcome.